>Those things are not related. So what if you get paid less than the value you add? That doesn't mean that suddenly its not a job that you love.
For some the cognitive dissonance that comes with such alienation doesn't sit well.
>Why not? Large corporations - music producers, book publishers, movie producers, pharma companies, manufacturers, etc all run on the assumption that they will find enough people with passive income on their brains...
Forbes has vested interest in maintaining a populace that ultimately doesn't have a choice in whether they have to undersell their labor to survive, nor question their employer-employee relations. Again, this comes back to the cognitive dissonance that being forced into an unequal relationship elicits.
>For some the cognitive dissonance that comes with such alienation doesn't sit well.
Well duh, its only cognitive dissonance if you accept the premise of the argument. I am challenging the premise itself ! The claim that unless you are paid a certain amount you cannot derive enjoyment from your work is silly.
Obtaining financial security while giving up the additional value of your work to your employer is the basis of every single company under a capitalist model. Also keep in mind that this is all theory. I doubt anyone can accurately quantify the value their individual work brings to the company. This value will fluctuate from month to month, week to week, year to year. And if the company briefly goes into loss you might be adding negative value ! So does that mean one week you love your job, next week you hate it? I mean.. seriously.. the argument as it stands does not pass the smell test.
For some the cognitive dissonance that comes with such alienation doesn't sit well.
>Why not? Large corporations - music producers, book publishers, movie producers, pharma companies, manufacturers, etc all run on the assumption that they will find enough people with passive income on their brains...
Forbes has vested interest in maintaining a populace that ultimately doesn't have a choice in whether they have to undersell their labor to survive, nor question their employer-employee relations. Again, this comes back to the cognitive dissonance that being forced into an unequal relationship elicits.